concerned. a 95 year old woman is in hospital with life threatening head injuries after being tasered by police in australia. this is the care home in cooma where clare nowland, who uses a walking frame and suffers from dementia, was tasered when she approached officers with a steak knife. the incident has sparked an outcry from the community who say the response was disproportionate. the new south wales police chief says an investigation is under way. at the time she was tasered, she was approaching police, but it is fair to say at a slow pace. she had a walking frame. but she had a knife. an investigation has commenced and that s called a critical incident investigation. given what was before us at midday on wednesday, this investigation was nominated as a level1 critical incident. if a threshold is met where it
at the time she was tasered, she was approaching police, but it is fair to say at a slow pace. she had a walking frame. but she had a knife. an investigation has commenced, and that s called a critical incident investigation. given what was before us at midday on wednesday, this investigation was nominated as a level1 critical incident. if a threshold is met where it changes from being a departmental issue into a criminal issue, we are certainly mature enough and transparent enough as an organisation to do what has to be done. our sydney correspondent phil mercer brought us more details on this story.
now. john allan denies these claims and apologised for another allegation that he made a comment about a female member of staff, he released a statement saying he regretted having to stand down from the job following baseless allegations against him, he said there is no evidence of wrongdoing, at that time, he said, i remain determined to prove my innocence. a 95 year old woman is in hospital with life threatening head injuries after being tasered by police in australia. this is the care home in cooma where clare nowland who uses a walking frame and suffers from dementia was tasered when she approached officers with a steak knife. the incident has sparked an outcry from the community, who say the response was disproportionate. the new south wales police chief says an investigation is under way. at the time she was tasered, she was approaching police, but it is fair to say at a slow pace.
at the time she was tasered, she was approaching police, but it is fair to say at a slow pace. she had a walking frame. but she had a knife. an investigation has commenced, and that s called a critical incident investigation. given what was before us at midday on wednesday, this investigation was nominated as a level1 critical incident. if a threshold is met where it changes from being a departmental issue into a criminal issue, we are certainly mature enough and transparent enough as an organisation to do what has to be done. our sydney correspondent phil mercer brought us more details on this story.